The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Track and Field Championships and the Seattle Pacific University Final Qualifier – the last chances for UCLA track and field to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships – are just two weeks away. This past weekend, select distance runners traveled to the Dempsey Indoor Facility in […]
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The Rundown: Feb. 8
This week’s UCLA sports breakdown
Women’s water polo beats Long Beach State 13-2, remains undefeated
For the 10th time in UCLA women’s water polo’s 23-year history, the Bruins have opened up the season 7-0. The latest 13-2 win, against No. 14 Long Beach State (1-3) last night, saw all three of UCLA’s top scorers at the center of the action. Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman scored the second goal of the […]
The Hull Shebang: Steroid use shouldn’t disqualify baseball players from Hall of Fame
When I was nine years old, my dad took me to a San Francisco Giants game. To see the team by the Bay in person, albeit from all the way in the upper deck, was something to be excited about for weeks. But like any elementary schooler hyped up on soda and hot dogs, there […]
Track and field opens new season with the pieces needed to turn heads
Over the past 10 years, UCLA track and field has had the head-turning athletes. It’s had Nicholas Scarvelis, a Rio Olympian and multiple-time NCAA nationals qualifier in the shot put, Turquoise Thompson and Nicole Leach, both three-time national-top-3 finishers in the 400-meter hurdles, and others, but it hasn’t finished in the top 10 nationally as […]
Around the League: Oregon, Arizona men’s basketball stay undefeated in Pac-12
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12 and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Men’s basketball Michael Hull, assistant Sports editor After now-No. 7 Arizona upset now-No. 8 UCLA in the Pac-12’s prime-time matchup of the weekend Saturday, there were four […]
Women’s water polo goes undefeated at UCSB Winter Invitational
For the seventh year in a row, UCLA women’s water polo is off to a 6-0 start. The No. 3 Bruins (6-0) added four more wins to their record this weekend as they went undefeated at the UCSB Winter Invitational. The offense continued to pour in from freshman attacker Maddie Musselman, who scored 12 goals […]